decorative
Lot 51011:
A unique piece representing a kneeling, lavishly dressed high-class personage. The man is wearing a very unusual headdress, a loincloth, and a group of unique ornamented and beautiful sleeveless shirts. He has six-fingered hands, six-toed feet, a short head and a moustache.
Height: 17.5 cm
Catalogue: 31 (for more details, refer to this number in the literature here: https://shorturl.at/bCKRV)
Provenance: Private collection, Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 2000-2008. Estate of Yossef Maiman.
Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Weaving for the Afterlife – Peruvian Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006.
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